Mike Bantick
Friday, 26 September 2008 13:49
Opinion and Analysis
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Under the hood the X300 sports the following game orientated hardware:
* 520GB (200GB (7200rpm) + 320GB (5400rpm)) SATA or Hard Drive goodness.
* An Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9400 running at 2.53GHz.
* 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz using both memory slots – expandable to 8GB
* Premium 5x harman/kardon Speakers with sub woofer
* NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX (1GB GDDR3 800Mhz) (1GB discrete video memory and up to 1791MB video memory with 4GB system RAM)
Then there are the other bells and whistles required in a modern laptop:
* HDMI-CEC
* IEEE 1394
* BlueTooth V2.1m Wireless 802.11 (a/g/n) and Intel GBit TX Ethernet
* Express Card
* External Microphone port, Stereo Headphone port, Sound Volume Dial, Integrated microphone, SP/Dif
* 4 USB Ports (3 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Sleep and Charge + 1 x eSATA / USB Combo)
* Integrated 1.3MP webcam
* Biometric fingerprint reader
* Lots of card readers: [Secure Digital® (SD), Memory Stick™, Memory Stick PRO™, MultiMediaCard, miniSD™ (with SD adaptor), xD™ Picture Card]
So there is plenty to play with, though no PCMIA/PC-Card slot did prove to be somewhat of a hindrance during my testing period.
Then there is the AU$3999 price tag. Still if you have the dough, and the portable power need, why not.
